Art Director, e.l.f. SKIN - Contract

About the Company

e.l.f. Beauty, Inc. stands with every eye, lip, face and paw. Our deep commitment to clean, cruelty free beauty at an incredible value has fueled the success of our flagship brand e.l.f. Cosmetics since 2004 and driven our portfolio expansion. Today, our multi-brand portfolio includes e.l.f. Cosmetics, e.l.f. SKIN, pioneering clean beauty brand Well People, Keys Soulcare, a groundbreaking lifestyle beauty brand created with Alicia Keys and Naturium, high-performance, biocompatible, clinically-effective and accessible skincare.

In our Fiscal year 24, we had net sales of $1 Billion and our business performance has been nothing short of extraordinary with 22 consecutive quarters of net sales growth. We are the #2 mass cosmetics brand in the US and are the fastest growing mass cosmetics brand among the top 5. Our total compensation philosophy offers every full-time new hire competitive pay and benefits, bonus eligibility (200% of target over the last four fiscal years), equity, flexible time off, year-round half-day Fridays, and a hybrid 3 day in office, 2 day at home work environment. We believe the combination of our unique culture, total compensation, workplace flexibility and care for the team is unmatched across not just beauty but any industry.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about our team: https://www.elfbeauty.com/work-with-us

 Job Summary

As the Art Director, you will be responsible for supporting the Senior Art Director in the conception, art direction, design, and execution of visual digital materials for both e.l.f. SKIN and Well People brands. Along with a small team, you will handle multiple projects and deliverables, translating project concepts into compelling visual stories based on marketing and business objectives. In this role you will deliver solutions for a diverse range of marketing needs and participate in all activities related to the development of projects and storytelling across all of ELF’s digital platforms. You should be able to demonstrate a proven track record of taking projects from creative concept to final delivery. A passion for beauty is a plus!

Responsibilities:

- Support the Senior Art Director in concept & idea generation of digital collateral including seasonal campaigns, emails, paid media, ecomm and social assets

- Manage, nurture and grow a small team; coaching them to consider the customer journey throughout their designs

- Help lead digital story telling across all customer touch points; ensuring brand and message consistency throughout the consumer experience

- Collaborate with team members to ensure images and design come together to create the best representation of our brand

- Present creative concepts to internal management; addressing feedback with solution-based creative thinking

- Design in a digital/mobile first mindset

- Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with ecomm, marketing, social and other departments whose activities intersect with creative

- Create low-fi in house content across photography and video to support social initiatives

- Art Direct on set across campaigns, video, social and ecomm shoots

Skills:

- Aware of trends and new ideas within beauty and social, with ability to interpret those into high performing brand right creative

- Passion for clean/cruelty free beauty and engaged in the social communities that support the beauty enthusiast

- A strong eye for typography and design through a digital lense

- Ability to lead and direct a team on set including photographers and stylists

- Ability to balance business goals with creative vision

- Understanding of technical constraints and digital first design

- Communicate information effectively with relevant members of the team throughout creative lifecycle

- Ability to meet stringent deadlines, quickly managing changing priorities

- Strong knowledge of digital best practices and channel formats (i.e.: Instagram stories vs. display banners).Ability to anticipate workload and communicate proactively with team membersSuperior organizational and communications skills

REQUIREMENTS:

 - Bachelor’s Degree

- 5+ years experience in a high volume, deadline-driven environment: fashion and technology industry experience.

- 2+ years of direct digital design and art direction experience on set in beauty

- Excellent communication, time management and organizational skills, deadline driven.

- Experience working in an in-house environment and/or E-Commerce.Comfortable working in a collaborative manner and a highly creative out-of-the-box thinker

- Knowledge of computer programs including: Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop

- Experience on collaborating with talent on set

- Understanding of current fashion, beauty, design and digital trendsExperience working with ecommerce personalization and UX/UI a plus

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this position. It also reflects the general details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job identified, and shall not be considered, as detailed description of all the work required inherent in the job. It is not an exhaustive list of responsibilities, and it is subject to changes and exceptions at the supervisors’ discretion.

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